BRISTOL, UK — Bristol postmen have become the latest workers to show their singing talent on TV. Joining a choir drawn from Royal Mail sorting offices around the South West, they completed months of singing practice with celebrated choirmaster Gareth Malone. The results were broadcast last night on BBC2 series The Choir: Sing While You Work. The group […]
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First World Choir Problems
Eric Whitacre tweeted this pic last week. Not sure if he created it but I loved it:
Expert to guide ‘hard-working’ choir
PLYMOUTH, UK — THE Military Wives Choir in Plymouth is getting some help to cope with their punishing performance schedule. Singing coach Sandra Smith is holding her first session with the choir at their weekly rehearsal in the Citadel in Plymouth tonight. She will be working on breathing and singing techniques. "They are the most hard-working […]
Mums the word in new choir
By Sheanne Mulholland SOUTHSEA, UK — WHEN you’re a new mum it can be hard to get out and enjoy some ‘me time’. But Rebecca Robertson has set up a choir in a bid to solve that problem. Rebecca, who worked as a music teacher for 10 years, said she had always wanted to sing in a group. […]
Jim Johnson, Cowichan Chamber Choir (BC), 1922 – 2012
By Lexi Bainas COWICHAN VALLEY, BC — Jim Johnson, who, with wife Sheila, had been a stalwart of the Valley's choral music scene for decades, died Friday, Sept. 14. He was 89. Although he was born in St. Louis, MO on Nov. 26, 1922, he's been part of the fibre of the Cowichan scene since arriving […]
Breast Cancer Survivors Form Choir
By Sara Story DENTON, TX — A North Texas choir made up of breast cancer survivors is warming up for its debut performance at the Denton Race for the Cure on Saturday. "Our first performance is Saturday. I can't believe it!" said breast cancer survivor Jan Marshall. As the women practice, their routine is more than […]